Intraspecific weight variability in Tachinid flies: Response of Pseudogonia rufifrons to two host species with different size and of Exorista larva rum to variations in vital space

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 55-61

  Baronio, Piero ^a   Dindo, Maria Luisa ^a   Campadelli, Guido ^a   Sighinolfi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exorista larvarum; Galleria mellonella; Host size and volume; Ostrinia nubilalis; Pseudogonia rufifrons; Tachinid size variability

Indexed keywords

EXORISTA; EXORISTA LARVARUM; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 68949141947     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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